Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12)
Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 811
811. A new trial of a cause decided by a judgment given in
second instance or by the Civil Court, First Hall, in its
Constitutional Jurisdiction, may be demanded by any of the part ies
concerned, such judgment being first set aside, in any of the
following cases:
Grounds for new
trial.
(a) where the judgment was obtai ned by fraud on the part
of any of the parties to the prejudice of the other party;
(b) where the sworn application was not served on the
party cast, provided that, notwithstanding such
omission, such party shall not have entered an
appearance at the trial;
(c) where any of the parties to the suit was under legal
disability to sue or be sued, provided no plea
thereanent had been raised and determined;
(d) where the judgment was delivered by a court having no
jurisdiction in terms of article 741( a), provided no plea
thereanent had been rai sed and determined;
(e) where the judgment contains a wrong application of
the law;
For the purposes of this paragraph there shall be
deemed to be a wrong application of the law only
where the decision, assuming the fact to be as
established in the judgment which it is sought to set
aside, is not in accordance w ith the law, provided the
issue was not in reference to an interpretation of the
law expressly dealt with in the judgment;
(f) where judgment was given on any matter not included
in the demand;
(g) where judgment was given in excess of the demand;
(h) where the judgment is conflicting with a previous
judgment given in a suit on the same subject-matter
and between the same parties, and constituting a res
judicata , provided no plea of res judicata had been
raised and determined;
(i) where the judgment contains contradictory
dispositions;
(j) where the judgment was bas ed on evidence which, in a
subsequent judgment, was declared to be false or
which was so declared in a previous judgment but the
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party cast was not aware of such fact;
(k) where, after the judgment, some conclusive document
was obtained, of which the party producing it had no
knowledge, or which, with the means provided by law,
he could not have produced, before the judgment;
(l) where the judgment was the effect of an error resulting
from the proceedings or do cuments of the cause.
F o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f t h i s p a r a g r a p h t h e r e s h a l l b e
deemed to be such error only where the decision is
based on the supposition of some fact the truth
whereof is incontestably excluded, or on the
supposition of the non-existence of some fact the truth
whereof is positively established, provided that, in
either case, the fact was not a disputed issue
determined by the judgment.
New trial of causes
decided in first
instance.
Amended by:
IX.1886.101.
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